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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/22/13

Violet

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORTania Duprey Stehlik/ Vanja Vuleta Jovanavic
GENRE: Fantasy                        READING LEVEL: K-5
BRIEF OVERVIEW:Violet is a story that tells a moral about equality and treating everyone fair and equal. It also makes the point that everyone is unique and different and teaches the reader to embrace their own unique identity. This book also is informational in a sense that it describes what colors mix to make violet. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:Use this story as an opportunity to create a show and tell and allow each student to bring something special or unique about them to the class to present to everyone

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chelsea Brown, Valdosta State University